Outpatient procedure · APC 5491 · Surgery or procedure

Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $2,208 per procedure at 1,174 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $2,008 and $2,312.

Also known as: Cataract surgery, eye surgery, glaucoma surgery

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $2,208
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $2,008–$2,312
Medicare’s share: $1,75279% of the payment
Average billed charge: $13,330
Hospitals reporting: 1,174275,392 procedures

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1,169 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 301–350. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 1 Intraocular Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · CCN 340040	424	$2,009	About average	$1,596	$10,023
UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · CCN 340147	653	$2,009	About average	$1,587	$9,231
Holland HospitalHolland, MI · CCN 230072	148	$2,009	About average	$1,597	$6,720
Genesis Medical Center-DavenportDavenport, IA · CCN 160033	90	$2,010	About average	$1,600	$4,859
St Francis-DowntownGreenville, SC · CCN 420023	11	$2,010	About average	$1,602	$34,075
Miami Valley HospitalDayton, OH · CCN 360051	496	$2,010	About average	$1,594	$15,664
McLaren MacombMount Clemens, MI · CCN 230227	78	$2,010	About average	$1,593	$9,444
Intermountain Medical CenterMurray, UT · CCN 460010	287	$2,011	About average	$1,584	$6,054
Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · CCN 320086	583	$2,012	About average	$1,593	$19,556
Neshoba County General HospitalPhiladelphia, MS · CCN 250043	204	$2,013	About average	$1,599	$6,734
Marion General HospitalMarion, OH · CCN 360011	134	$2,016	About average	$1,600	$16,378
St Mark's HospitalSalt Lake City, UT · CCN 460047	90	$2,016	About average	$1,589	$21,980
Hill Country Memorial HospitalFredericksburg, TX · CCN 450604	331	$2,017	About average	$1,606	$13,133
Ascentist Hospital LLCLeawood, KS · CCN 170194	91	$2,017	About average	$1,604	$11,148
Saint John HospitalLeavenworth, KS · CCN 170009	278	$2,018	About average	$1,603	$21,303
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · CCN 110128	55	$2,018	About average	$1,587	$22,219
Northwest Health - StarkeKnox, IN · CCN 150102	28	$2,018	About average	$1,596	$24,387
Lubbock Heart Hospital LpLubbock, TX · CCN 450876	74	$2,018	About average	$1,604	$9,150
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati, OH · CCN 360134	89	$2,019	About average	$1,607	$8,067
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · CCN 190041	65	$2,020	About average	$1,609	$22,256
Bluffton Regional Medical CenterBluffton, IN · CCN 150075	105	$2,020	About average	$1,596	$25,196
Lutheran Hospital Of IndianaFort Wayne, IN · CCN 150017	11	$2,020	About average	$1,594	$28,132
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo, MI · CCN 230017	183	$2,021	About average	$1,605	$7,175
Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · CCN 340126	367	$2,021	About average	$1,599	$19,818
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · CCN 110074	136	$2,022	About average	$1,601	$30,919
Methodist Hospital AtascosaJourdanton, TX · CCN 450165	81	$2,022	About average	$1,603	$22,031
SSM Health DePaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton, MO · CCN 260104	82	$2,025	About average	$1,608	$9,515
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor, MI · CCN 230270	67	$2,026	About average	$1,606	$18,245
DeKalb Regional Medical CenterFort Payne, AL · CCN 010012	41	$2,026	About average	$1,611	$12,330
Bethesda NorthCincinnati, OH · CCN 360179	23	$2,027	About average	$1,614	$13,183
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · CCN 340158	156	$2,028	About average	$1,616	$12,744
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · CCN 340184	142	$2,028	About average	$1,616	$12,477
Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · CCN 340002	107	$2,028	About average	$1,616	$18,086
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · CCN 340017	78	$2,028	About average	$1,616	$9,003
Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · CCN 340016	181	$2,028	About average	$1,616	$13,148
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · CCN 340003	128	$2,028	About average	$1,614	$3,780
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · CCN 340068	73	$2,028	About average	$1,612	$14,043
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington, MO · CCN 260052	115	$2,028	About average	$1,605	$8,104
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse, WI · CCN 520087	1,584	$2,029	About average	$1,611	$12,488
Granville Health SystemsOxford, NC · CCN 340127	135	$2,029	About average	$1,600	$12,102
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren, MI · CCN 230195	52	$2,030	About average	$1,618	$14,137
Hillsdale HospitalHillsdale, MI · CCN 230037	47	$2,030	About average	$1,618	$5,716
Mymichigan Medical Center ClareClare, MI · CCN 230180	118	$2,030	About average	$1,618	$6,772
Trinity Health Grand Haven HospitalGrand Haven, MI · CCN 230174	37	$2,030	About average	$1,618	$6,425
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer, MI · CCN 230193	71	$2,030	About average	$1,603	$5,507
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph, MI · CCN 230021	14	$2,031	About average	$1,618	$9,822
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy, MI · CCN 230269	108	$2,031	About average	$1,609	$15,803
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis, MO · CCN 260020	292	$2,032	About average	$1,610	$8,862
American Fork HospitalAmerican Fork, UT · CCN 460023	145	$2,032	About average	$1,605	$7,116
Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC · CCN 340123	88	$2,033	About average	$1,607	$14,831

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 303,574 procedures at 1,440 hospitals · 2021: 341,836 procedures at 1,390 hospitals · 2022: 327,200 procedures at 1,330 hospitals · 2023: 300,166 procedures at 1,274 hospitals · 2024: 275,392 procedures at 1,174 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$2,009	$11K
2021	$2,084	$11K
2022	$2,104	$12K
2023	$2,122	$13K
2024	$2,208	$13K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Level 1 Intraocular Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	5	1,365	$1,109	$1,083–$1,377
Mississippi	12	1,732	$1,738	$1,903–$2,002
South Carolina	13	3,827	$1,770	$1,983–$1,996
New Mexico	5	990	$1,781	$1,990–$2,063
Ohio	51	13,884	$1,898	$1,967–$2,067
Alabama	31	4,825	$1,907	$1,863–$1,941
Kansas	18	4,409	$1,923	$1,989–$2,118
Tennessee	25	3,090	$1,924	$1,896–$1,989
Louisiana	36	7,147	$1,951	$1,904–$1,974
West Virginia	15	3,623	$1,954	$1,928–$2,038
Missouri	27	5,635	$1,956	$2,014–$2,133
Pennsylvania	64	15,080	$1,974	$2,078–$2,234
Nebraska	5	3,401	$1,974	$2,068–$2,100
Kentucky	29	4,512	$1,995	$1,955–$2,004
Arkansas	10	1,988	$1,998	$1,983–$2,088
Florida	28	5,055	$2,005	$2,060–$2,111
Oklahoma	27	4,402	$2,020	$1,962–$2,022
Iowa	18	5,707	$2,033	$1,986–$2,111
Georgia	39	5,409	$2,050	$1,959–$2,132
Michigan	52	8,395	$2,051	$2,030–$2,150
Texas	69	14,253	$2,069	$2,003–$2,148
Utah	16	3,812	$2,084	$2,062–$2,117
North Carolina	52	17,278	$2,087	$2,028–$2,100
Virginia	29	8,560	$2,088	$1,998–$2,154
Indiana	31	7,128	$2,093	$2,066–$2,127
Idaho	2	178	$2,114	$2,108–$2,157
Maine	7	845	$2,121	$2,071–$2,162
Wisconsin	43	10,839	$2,122	$2,096–$2,192
Montana	4	1,118	$2,155	$2,149–$2,174
Wyoming	3	828	$2,156	$2,200–$2,308
Alaska	4	544	$2,159	$2,038–$2,545
Illinois	71	18,582	$2,182	$2,154–$2,234
Colorado	13	3,761	$2,229	$2,218–$2,345
North Dakota	3	1,399	$2,253	$2,177–$2,246
Arizona	7	712	$2,260	$2,265–$2,328
Minnesota	28	6,855	$2,279	$2,200–$2,323
South Dakota	8	1,896	$2,280	$2,174–$2,334
Delaware	2	336	$2,305	$2,287–$2,315
New Hampshire	6	1,787	$2,306	$2,217–$2,329
District of Columbia	3	587	$2,345	$2,340–$2,355
Rhode Island	4	434	$2,362	$2,360–$2,365
Washington	15	4,590	$2,422	$2,331–$2,483
Oregon	9	2,473	$2,455	$2,421–$2,526
Massachusetts	22	8,017	$2,488	$2,476–$2,503
New Jersey	20	2,849	$2,551	$2,440–$2,626
Connecticut	16	4,232	$2,561	$2,575–$2,600
New York	75	21,019	$2,571	$2,471–$2,640
Hawaii	2	159	$2,705	$2,633–$2,791
Nevada	1	12	$2,829	$2,829–$2,829
California	99	25,833	$2,982	$2,855–$3,215

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.